Marine Biology News
March 20, 2025
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Mar. 20, 2025 — Identifying viruses associated with red tide can help researchers forecast the development of blooms and better understand environmental factors that can cause blooms to terminate. The study marks an initial step toward exploring viruses as ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — A new study documents Putah Creek-origin salmon, meaning some salmon returning to the restored creek in the fall to spawn were actually born there. The study carries broader implications for other degraded streams and wild salmon ...
Mar. 19, 2025 — Sensors attached to animals gather valuable data to track and mitigate the human influence on marine life. The review paper emphasizes the importance of integrating data from various sources and advocates for an 'Internet of Animals' based on open ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — The red coral colonies that were transplanted a decade ago on the seabed of the Medes Islands have survived successfully. They are very similar to the original communities and have contributed to the ...
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Mar. 17, 2025 — The only iguanas outside the Americas, Fiji iguanas are an enigma. A new genetic analysis shows that they are most closely related to the North American desert iguana, having separated about 34 ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — A groundbreaking study has revealed that brown trout can successfully navigate beaver dams -- obstacles which were previously thought to pose a significant barrier to their ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — Researchers identified a strong negative North Atlantic Oscillation in 2009--2010 as the tipping point that pushed sargassum into the tropical Atlantic, confirming vertical mixing, not rivers, as the ...
Mar. 12, 2025 — Scientists identify a new way to detect life in outer space with currently existing telescopes. The method hinges on worlds that look nothing like Earth, and gases rarely considered in the search for ...
Mar. 12, 2025 — A new article expands our understanding of sensory neurons in the tentacles of sea anemones, linking them to kidney disease in humans through a common ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — A new study has investigated one aspect of how the future environmental conditions created by the changing global climate might affect earliest ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — Researchers combine acoustic monitoring with a neural network to identify fish activity on coral reefs by sound. They trained the network to sort through the deluge of acoustic data automatically, ...
Mar. 10, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles -- in their urine -- from as far as Alaska to Hawaii. These tons of nitrogen support the health of tropical ecosystems and ...
Mar. 9, 2025 — The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong. The study finds the prehistoric hunter had a much longer body -- closer ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea, exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral reefs. ...
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Mar. 7, 2025 — Researchers found that climate change induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of habitat-forming brown algae in Arctic fjords. As algae are at the basis of ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — A new study is predicting estuaries along the East Coast of the U.S. will experience marine heat wave conditions up to a third of the year by the end of the ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, academics have ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that what was previously thought to be a unique seaweed species of bladderwrack for the Baltic Sea is in fact a giant clone of common bladderwrack, perhaps the ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — New modeling method helped researchers understand why kelp forests returned more slowly in Southern California than in British ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — A research team observing anemonefish in the field found they engage in interesting feeding behavior with their host sea ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Some animals are capable of cooperating with members of other species. An interdisciplinary team explores the cognitive underpinnings of such cross-species collaborations, opening up a new ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Scientists have found Siamese fighting fish are typically kept in containers just one-quarter the size they need to thrive, challenging decades of retail practice in the ornamental fish industry ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — Crab behavior suggestive of wound-tending may improve coral tolerance to heat ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — New research uncovers the survival strategy juvenile Chinook salmon adopt to migrate to the ocean, providing insight on how to conserve the threatened ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — New analysis of ancient fossilized rocks known as stromatolites, preserved in southern Zimbabwe, suggests strong links to hydrothermal nutrient recycling, 'meaning that early life may in part ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — Using underwater microphones and machine learning (ML), researchers have developed a new method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers -- offering a potentially safer and more cost-effective ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — A recent study has shown that oyster management practices in the Rappahannock River benefit both the health of the oyster reefs as well as the ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — Scientists outline the urgency to better identify the significant damage sand extraction across the world heaps upon marine ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — The whitefin swellshark has been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Critically Endangered for a number of years due to declines largely attributed to fishing ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — New research shows that turtles are responding to climate change by nesting ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — Biologists, using a technique that explores both genes and structural characteristics, have introduced 10 new species of marine sponge. Despite their distinction as one of Earth's oldest ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Nitrogen is essential for all life on Earth. In the global oceans, however, this element is scarce, and nitrogen availability is therefore critical for the growth of marine life. Some bacteria found ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Humanity can farm more food from the seas to help feed the planet while shrinking mariculture's negative impacts on biodiversity, according to new ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Animal populations from urban areas show significantly higher resilience to stressful environmental conditions. The mussel and crustacean species studied were able to adapt to disturbed environments, ...
Friday, March 7, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- Amphibians Bounce-Back from Earth's Greatest Mass Extinction
- Giant Clone of Seaweed in the Baltic Sea
Monday, March 3, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Some Animals Cooperate With Members of Other Species
- Siamese Fighting Fish Need More Space in Pet Shops, Study Shows
Monday, February 24, 2025
- Heat-Stressed Reefs May Benefit from Coral-Dwelling Crabs
- How Young Salmon Navigate a Gauntlet of Danger En Route to the Sea
- Research Provides New Detail on the Impact of Volcanic Activity on Early Marine Life
Friday, February 21, 2025
- Underwater Mics and Machine Learning Aid Right Whale Conservation
- Successes of Virginia's Oyster Restoration Efforts
- The Rising Tide of Sand Mining: A Growing Threat to Marine Life
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Scientists Call for Efforts to Protect Habitats of Critically Endangered Shark Species
- Turtles Change Nesting Patterns in Response to Climate Change
- 10 New Sponge Species Near Hawaii
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- Nitrogen Fixation on Marine Particles Is Important in the Global Ocean
- We Can Farm More Seafood While Minimizing Its Impact on Biodiversity
- Urban Environments Promote Adaptation to Multiple Stressors
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Friday, February 14, 2025
- Marine Mystery Solved: How Anemonefish Avoid Stings from Their Sea Anemone Hosts
- Under-Sea Mountains Are Key 'hubs' For Sharks
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- New England's Salt Marshes Store 10 Million Cars' Worth of Carbon -- And Add Another 15,000-Worth Every Year
- Foraging Seals Enable Scientists to Measure Fish Abundance Across the Vast Pacific Ocean
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Can Artificial Intelligence Save the Great Barrier Reef?
- Economically, Culturally Important Marine Species Vulnerable to Changing Climate
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- International Shark Attack File Report: Unprovoked Shark Bites Plummeted in 2024
- Scientists Harness AI to Help Protect Whales, Advancing Ocean Conservation and Planning
- Study Takes a 'bite' Out of Shark Depredation Using Citizen Science
Monday, February 10, 2025
- California's Marine Protected Areas Boost Fish Populations Across the State
- Scientists Identify Heat-Resistant Kelp Strain
- Follow the Fish's Gaze
Friday, February 7, 2025
- Soft Tissue from a 183 Million-Year-Old Jurassic Plesiosaur Analyzed
- Tracking Algae Species Interactions to Help Predict Harmful Algae Blooms
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Some Species of Baleen Whales Avoid Attracting Killer Whales by Singing Too Low to Be Heard
- New Technology Lights Way for Accelerating Coral Reef Restoration
- Multinational Research Project Shows How Life on Earth Can Be Measured from Space
- 'Marine Prosperity Areas' Represent a New Hope in Conservation
- Whale Poop Contains Iron That May Have Helped Fertilize Past Oceans
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Monday, February 3, 2025
- Octopuses Have Some of the Oldest Known Sex Chromosomes
- Revealing Underwater Secrets With New Technique
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Polar Bear Population Decline the Direct Result of Extended 'energy Deficit' Due to Lack of Food
- Sharks and Rays Benefit from Global Warming, but Not from CO2 in the Oceans
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Monday, January 27, 2025
- How Tiny Algae Shaped the Evolution of Giant Clams
- Underwater Mud Volcanos Are a Haven for Marine Organisms
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Dolphins Use a 'fat Taste' System to Get Their Mother's Milk
- Cycle of Coral Bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef Now at 'catastrophic' Levels
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- New Study Provides Insight Into How Some Species Thrive in Dark, Oxygen-Free Environments
- Mussel Bed Surveyed Before World War II Still Thriving
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- Invasive Pike Use Marine Corridors to Colonize New Alaska Territory
- Small-Scale Fisheries Essential to Global Nutrition, Livelihoods
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
- Beach Guardians: How Hidden Microbes Protect Coastal Waters in a Changing Climate
- Great Barrier Reef Fish Evidence Suggests Shifts in Major Global Biodiversity Patterns
- The Dark Side of the Ocean: New Giant Sea Bug Species Named After Darth Vader
Monday, January 13, 2025
Friday, January 10, 2025
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Monday, January 6, 2025
Friday, January 3, 2025
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- New Study Highlights the Correlation Between Live Corals and Fishing Yields
- Are Particle Emissions from Offshore Wind Farms Harmful for Blue Mussels?
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Living in the Deep, Dark, Slow Lane: Insights from the First Global Appraisal of Microbiomes in Earth's Subsurface Environments
- Phytochromes: The 'eyes' That Enable Microalgae to Find Their Way in the Depths
- Giant Virus Encodes Key Piece of Protein-Making Machinery of Cellular Life
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Using Drones, Researchers Assess the Health of Humpback Whale Mother-Calf Pairs Across the Pacific Ocean
- Salmon Genes Unlock Secrets of Puberty and Evolution
Monday, December 16, 2024
- Corals Depend on Near Neighbors to Reproduce
- New Study Finds Marine Animals Save Energy by Swimming in a Depth 'sweet Spot'
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- Overfishing Has Halved Shark and Ray Populations Since 1970
- Surveys Show Full Scale of Massive Die-Off of Common Murres Following the 'warm Blob' In the Pacific Ocean
- Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Bacteria Hold Key to Understanding Nitrous Oxide Reduction
- Unique Motor Control System of Anglerfish's Specialized 'fishing Rod' Discovered
- How Helicopter Parenting Protects Baby Reef Fish
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Seals Strategically Scoot Around the Seas on Icebergs
- Tiny Poops in the Ocean May Help Solve the Carbon Problem
Monday, December 9, 2024
- Climate Change Impacting Freshwater Fish Species
- New Ocean Predator Discovered in the Atacama Trench
Friday, December 6, 2024
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Monday, December 2, 2024
- Deep-Sea Marvels: How Anglerfish Defy Evolutionary Expectations
- To Build Better Fiber Optic Cables, Ask a Clam
Friday, November 29, 2024
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
- Brain Test Shows That Crabs Process Pain
- Under-Ice Species at Risk as Arctic Warms
- Oil Spill Still Contaminating Sensitive Mauritius Mangroves Three Years On, Study Finds